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Google Translate has become a ubiquitous — and largely under-examined — part of patient care. Researchers are trying to change that.

Google Translate still isn’t good enough for medical instructions Nicole Wetsman © Illustration by Ana Kova Google Translate still isn’t reliable enough to use for medical instructions for people who don’t speak English, according to a new study published last week. Sometimes, it works: it was the most accurate when translating emergency department discharge instructions into Spanish. But a lot of the time, especially with less common languages, it doesn’t — the study found it was only 55 percent accurate for Armenian. That’s a big problem when it comes to health...